So I've been thinking about building or buying a trailer to tow behind my XJ. Mainly just for camping and for hauling crap around. Then I thought!! I should build a trailer out of a JEEP COMANCHE truck bed!!! So I think I found a rig to buy it off of, but i need to know how to convert a truck bed into a trailer...

If any one has done this to a comanche or any truck bed I wuld greatly appreciate some pointers, pics, anything.

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you can just cut a v notch out of the top of the comanche frame where you want to bend it towards the tongue, then just weld in a square tube to mount the ball cap thing, (personally, i'd use at least a fixed pintle hitch for more articulation) and cap and brace it all off with plate, add a box for straps, cover and tools and you'd have a cool trailer.

oh, and of course, don't forget to weld and gusset the frame where you cut the notches, obviousely.

or, you could build your own custom frame and put the box on it.

i'd throw in a cherokee rear end with matching sized tires, then it's automatically lifted as it would then be spring over. plus this way you have spares for any parts you would need.

buddy of mine just made one of these trailers with an old dodge pickup. Pretty easy project it seemed. Did not take him long at all. He even hooked up the truck's previous backup alarm to his wiring for the lights. So he has a cheap trailer with a backup alarm and he could not be happier

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you could use the front beam axle out of a 2wd cherokee, and then you would have the same bolt pattern, and spring availability.

and have to make struts to keep the knuckles from flopping around.

if i were to build a trailer that will go offroad with my xj, it will have to have a solid axle beam, same amount of clearance as my xj, be lightweight (incase it gets hung up or flops over) and be a couple feet narrower than my xj